Ioskeley Mono

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Post by carlos-menezes » Mon, Aug 03, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC

Ioskeley Mono
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Re: Ioskeley Mono

#2

Post by altano » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC

What is the point of this? Either buy Berkeley Mono or go use something else.

Re: Ioskeley Mono

#3

Post by konart » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC

altano wrote: post #2

What is the point of this? Either buy Berkeley Mono or go use something else.

This is a weird take. I can as the same in reverse: why buy Berkeley Mono if I can use this?

Re: Ioskeley Mono

#4

Post by cormullion » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC

> All credit for the original design and build system goes to Belleve Invis and the Iosevka contributors.

But no credit or thanks to Neil the designer of Berkeley Mono?

Re: Ioskeley Mono

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Post by thomascountz » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC

konart wrote: post #3

altano wrote: post #2

What is the point of this? Either buy Berkeley Mono or go use something else.

This is a weird take. I can as the same in reverse: why buy Berkeley Mono if I can use this?

Not OP, but I think the take is similar to: "why market yourself as a rip off of Neil's[1] work?"

[1]: https://neil.computer/

Re: Ioskeley Mono

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Post by thomascountz » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC

For the uninitiated, Berkeley Mono[1] (the font this is mimicking) is the oft cherished[2] font by Neil Panchal[3]

[1]: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono

[2]: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

[3]: https://neil.computer/

Re: Ioskeley Mono

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Post by FacelessJim » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC

konart wrote: post #3

altano wrote: post #2

What is the point of this? Either buy Berkeley Mono or go use something else.

This is a weird take. I can as the same in reverse: why buy Berkeley Mono if I can use this?

Here’s an even wilder take: to support the effort of someone that gave us an incredible font that is now being copied. Crazy right?

Re: Ioskeley Mono

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Post by uonr » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC

cormullion wrote: post #4

> All credit for the original design and build system goes to Belleve Invis and the Iosevka contributors. But no credit or thanks to Neil the designer of Berkeley Mono?

This looks like nothing more than a 300+ line Iosevka configuration

https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono/blob/main/private-bui...

Re: Ioskeley Mono

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Post by __patchbit__ » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC

FacelessJim wrote: post #7

konart wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a weird take. I can as the same in reverse: why buy Berkeley Mono if I can use this?

Here’s an even wilder take: to support the effort of someone that gave us an incredible font that is now being copied. Crazy right?

No trust society invades high trust society.

Re: Ioskeley Mono

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Post by jiehong » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC

thomascountz wrote: post #6

For the uninitiated, Berkeley Mono[1] (the font this is mimicking) is the oft cherished[2] font by Neil Panchal[3] [1]: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono [2]: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... [3]: https://neil.computer/

I think there was some backlash about the author of Berkeley Mono at some point. Might be a reason for considering this "copy".